Japanese Citizens Commemorate 76th Anniversary of the Nagasaki Bombing

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia --

The government of Nagasaki City, Japan, today commemorates the 76th anniversary of the atomic bomb attack by the United States in World War II.

In a commemorative speech at the Nagasaki Peace Park, Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged the Japanese government to take the lead in establishing a nuclear weapons-free zone policy in northeast Asia, rather than continuing to seek refuge under the United States.

"We hope to establish a nuclear weapons-free zone in northeast Asia that can create an umbrella of nuclear-free areas instead of being under a 'nuclear umbrella' and take steps to remove nuclear weapons from the world," Taue said. ).

Taue also mentioned that the United States and Russia, the two countries with the largest nuclear warheads in the world, would disarm their nuclear arsenals.
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In addition, Taue asked the Japanese government to immediately sign the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty which came into force last January.

In addition, Taue asked the Japanese government to speed up the provision of medical and welfare assistance for survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as hibakusha, whose average age has reached 83 years.

Until now, Japan does not own or assist in the manufacture of nuclear weapons. However, as allies, they house 50,000 US troops at bases in Okinawa Prefecture.

The treaty also puts Japan in a difficult position because they are also increasing defense cooperation with nuclear weapons countries, namely France and Britain, from threats from North Korea and China.
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Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, said the security situation in the world is still dangerous and all countries are also divided over the issue of nuclear weapons. He proposed that the debate be resolved by dialogue and discussion on the basis of mutual benefit.

The US dropped a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki using a B-29 bomber on August 9, 1945 at 11:02 am local time. The incident occurred three days after the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

The death toll from the atomic bombing in Nagasaki reached 70,000 people. Meanwhile, 140,000 people in Hiroshima died as a result of the US atomic bombing.

The Empire of Japan finally surrendered to the allies on August 15 and ended World War II.

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